Katsbiz Internet Marketing Blog

Making money on the internet is something we all desire to achieve. That would put us in an ideal world, right?

We all ask the question ” is there anything we can do to cut the learning curve to a minimal and make money sooner rather than later?

One avenue we could take is to  get a mentor but I know the majority of the really good mentors charge fees that are off the scale for many just starting out. Their fees are really out there but, I can admit that
they knwo what they are talking about. If you can afford it go for it, as it would be an investment that would repay itself over and over.

But what happens when you can’t afford it? You must then learn from the masters in other ways.  

Pick a marketer/mentor that you really admire. Chances are you have already purchased products from them already, so study those products! Learn their style, and define what it is that you really like about the product.

You can study their websites, newsletters and get as much information as you can by doing a search on the internet about them. Study and learn as much as you can on the marketer/mentor you have chosen and take notes.
 
Now take those notes and apply them to your own online business.

You can find several Internet Marketers that you admire and take the
best of their strategies and incorporate these strategies in your own
product offerings. You must remember though, always change the spin to your words and do not copy their text word for word. It would be wrong to completely copy them.
 
Where can you find successful marketers to learn from? Great question, easy answer. You find Internet Marketing forums and there are many of them that have well known Internet Marketers active in the forum. The forums make it easier for you to contact them and be sure to interact with them and even request their help.

Asking questions and being active in a forum is a great way of finding
a potential mentor that will help you achieve your goals. In Internet
Marketing it’s not always going to be an easy road but they can help
you get through the tough times.
 
If you understand the techniqe of Using leverage you could request their help and then you can give them a cut of the profits when you are successful. After all, Not all successful marketers just happened on the internet and made it work. Most of them had assistance and the successful are willing to give assistance so that the Internet Marketing world continues to go around and around bring in money.

What happens if you are not successful in finding a mentor in a timely fashion? Please don’t worry, You still can find assistance by searching for accountaility partners or Mastermind groups. 
 
An accountability partner would be someone that you stay in contact with regularly, preferably each week, so you can set tasks for each other and accomplish more with each others support as you are literally accountable to each other, hence the name. So in an easy to understand term,  you  answer to each other and you can set tasks for each other.

Mastermind Groups, on the other hand, are a group of people supporting each other, bouncing ideas off each other, offering advice and finding solutions to problems.  They usually have a mix of people from newbies to highly successful Internet entrepreneurs. You can really learn alot with a mastermind group. The reason is because, 2 minds are better than one and a group of three or more could be explosive!

The best thing about them is you have a collective mindset and that will keep you from geting into a brain overload. Mastermind groups are also a breeding ground for potential joint venture partners, mentors and cyber friends for life.

Kathleen Dixon
Internet Marketer 
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